Page 54 of Unmasked Anarchy
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Nobody comes in.
Not for an entire day.
One of the sweetbutts drops off food and water, but judging by the way she looks at me, like I’m scum, she isn’t willing to help me in any way.She’s probably hoping I will stay in here so she can move in on Kael.Most of them have an end goal, and when the members have an old lady, it throws that off.
I pace the room all morning, trying to figure out how the hell this could have happened.
Did I somehow cause all of this?
I know I’m not a rat, but it is strange that all of it started happening since I got here.There could only be one person behind it, and that is Gage.He promised he would make them suffer, and I have no doubt he meant every word.How would he know, though?It has to be him, he is the only one who wants to see the club go down, especially with Kael in it.I wrack my brain trying to figure it out, and can only come to one conclusion.
He has bugged me somehow.
Exhaling, I sit on the edge of the bed, just as the door unlocks.My head whips up and I see Mera, pushing her way in, carrying a bottle of water and a paper cup.She stands just inside the doorway, her mouth pressed into a line, like she’s trying damn hard not to say something she shouldn’t.She looks tired, like she has been up all night arguing.Hell, she probably has.Mera isn’t one to back down without a fight.
“You’re really not supposed to have visitors,” she finally whispers, but it sounds like she’s proud of herself for breaking the rules.“Wolfe is going to have a stroke but I know you’re in pain so I wanted to bring you some painkillers.”
“Thanks,” I say as she places the items down beside the bed.
She offers a small smile, and then sits down next to me on the bed.“I just wanted to see if you were alive.No one’s telling me a damn thing.They are all storming around broody and muttering things I don’t understand.Wolfe is angry at me for fighting him on it, so that’s great.”
“They think I’m a rat, but I swear to you, Mera.I’m not.I think Gage has bugged me.”
Her eyes widen.“What?”
“It’s the only thing that makes sense.How else would anyone know what is happening in the club?I’m a lot of things, but going against a club of this size is a suicide mission and not something I would dare do.”
Mera goes silent, pondering my words.
“I need your help,” I whisper, turning to her.“I need to find what Gage has planted.It has to be in something of mine, my clothes, shoes, something.”
“I don’t know,” she hesitates.“If I go against Wolfe, it could be very bad.He is already angry enough that I expressed how unhappy I am with all of this.If he finds out I am sneaking around, or even that I am in here, it is going to be very bad.”
I get that, and I would never want her caught in anything, but she is the only one who can get access to my things.I am stuck in here, and I don’t know what they’re planning for me, but if they convince themselves I’m a rat, it will be very bad.
“I don’t want to see you get caught in the middle,” I whisper back, matching her quiet.“But I need to clear my name, and I don’t know how the hell to do that when I’m locked in here.”
Her mouth twists, fingers drumming on the bedspread.“Christ, Sable.You know what’ll happen if they catch me in your shit but damn, I believe you.I don’t know why, but I do.”
“Because I didn’t do anything,” I say.“This is the only way to prove I’m not.”
“Where is your stuff?”
“Kael’s room.”
